Just new to this group but have been part of ozHpv for several years....

Have just signed up a team for the Lake Wendouree Cycle Classic, Sunday Feb 10 2013 - as many laps as a 12 person team (with 4 riders on the course at a time) can do in 2 hours and a bit. Inviting Participants on recumbents.

It will depend on whether the course uses the road around the lake, or the shared path on the "fore-shore". If the road is used, it's dead flat, with a few roundabouts, and tram crossings. The shared path is fine gravel for the most part, with a few bollards (that my trike can easily fit through, and its over a meter wide), with some short, mild slopes.

My guess is it'll be the road. Going faster than about 10-12 kph on the shared path would mean closing it to foot traffic, and I don't see that being effectively enforced.

"You'd also want it to be staged in heats. So many different paced people on the course at one time would be chaotic and dangerous."

Hi, I've been in this ride about 4 times and its not crowded or dangerous. The ride is on the road which is wide enough to overpass easily. There can be a bit of congestion at the start but once that's over its ok. Its not a race, there are no sheepstations to win, everybody rides reasonably and its all going one way so there are no real issues.

Its a bit under a month to go and we have 3 on the team, maximum on the team is 10. Any more entries most welcome! If you're thinking of joining I reckon you should maybe just register and contemplate which machine to ride at a later time.

To promote the event and have a bit of a get together & training I propose a couple of "pre-spon" rides the weekend before the event on Feb 2 and 3. Meet Cafe Racer in st Kilda 8am, we ride to Mordialloc and back, slightly further if the mood takes us. On the Sunday we meet up with Rob W's Be Spon ride from St Kilda pier.

I can talk to my boss and see if we can tempt some of his students to come along in their Energy Breakthrough velos. We're catching up here in Ballarat this Sunday for some trike/velo shenanigans anyway, so I'll propose it then (assuming said machines are road legal).

As for a "pre-spon" ride in Melbourne, I'm in a similar boat to Riggsbie. I've not tried to fit the Kodiak in the wagon, but I'm pretty sure the velo (my preferred vehicle) won't fit, so I'd need another form of transport, and getting to Melbourne by 8am would be a miraculous feat in my household. Any chance a training ride could be here in Ballarat around the actual lake track? (I realize thats unlikely, just putting it out there.)

Thanks Paul for the signup, Hope the back issues clear themselves up. We at least a quorum for the ride. The rules are a team of up to 10 and any 4 on the road at one time. And we have 4! Expecting more to sign up before the ride, I've had a few enquiries and am eternally, inextinguishably optimistic!

I hope that it gets better too. If it's not faring too well, I'm sure there are a few people on this forum that would be happy to ride in your place. I'm sure that a few day's notice is sufficient to organise flights etc.

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